Reply #7: MA's have to go. [View All]

Medicare's holes also need to be plugged and the services that the government deems inefficient for the government to run should be regulated. In regulating these services, seniors shouldn't have to pick from 13 or so plans. The plans should not be regulated by the states either. This results in a smaller inefficient pools, similar to the co-op plan.

The biggest cost in caring for seniors is LTC. This is caused in part by seniors entering retirement with undiagnosed diseases. Medicaid is the last resort even for the more well-to-do seniors ($2000+/mo in pensions, with paid-up mortgage) that need LTC. LTC costs $300/DAY in the northeast. It will take a generation before retiree health significantly improves to the point where LTC does not comprise a huge chunk of total senior health care costs. This means that the baby boomers need access to complete quality preventative care now!

Yes we are a capitalist country, but we are also a socialist country. We take from the best in everything and make it work for us. Corporate doleouts such as the excesses in Med Supps and MA's are unamerican.